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Example sentences for: scrutiny

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Another thing that tarnishes modern journalism is the recent proliferation of media critics, who bring brisk scrutiny to every ethical lapse.
To the extent the Republicans have held their fire, they have left Clinton alone in the arena to absorb the media's scrutiny, mockery, and incredulity.
Civil-rights advocates called for scrutiny of the one-year suspension, but agree that it's OK as long as the abuse that provoked her was gender-neutral.
Last week President Clinton announced his intent to use the line-item veto on some provisions of the budget and tax legislation just enacted, but by today's accounts, several days of scrutiny revealed that this was easier said than done--the WP reports, for instance, that a tax break concerning employee stock ownership plans and another concerning Amtrak were dropped because they had been agreed to during the budget negotiations with Congress.
Were the Vice President's arguments in this case to prevail, any administration seeking to insulate its activities from oversight and public scrutiny could do so simply by assigning those activities to the Vice President or a body under the White House's direct control.